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Enock Tombe Stephen
Enock Tombe (born 12 July 1952) is the South Sudanese Bishop Emeritus of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan. Biography Bishop Enock Tombe Stephen was the second bishop of Rejaf diocese after he preceded Bishop Michael Sokiri Lugor in October 2009, and consecrated bishop in December 2009. He was enthroned in December 2010. He retired in January 2018 at the age of sixty five. Enock Tombe Stephen is a civil engineer by profession and graduated from the University of Khartoum. He studied theology in London and was ordained pastor of the Anglican episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) in 1990. He worked with the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) in southern Sudan during the liberation war against Khartoum. In 1995 he was appointed general secretary of the Sudan Council of Churches in Khartoum and served for two terms 1995-1999 and 1999–2003. He was a team leader of Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) during the South Sudanese peace negotiations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia, off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demographics Of South Sudan
South Sudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a population of around million. Historically, most ethnic groups were lacking in formal Western world#Modern political, Western political institutions, with land held by the community and elders acting as problem solvers and adjudicators. Today, most ethnic groups still embrace a ''cattle culture'' in which livestock is the main measure of wealth and used for bride wealth. The majority of the ethnic groups in South Sudan are of Native ethnic groups of Africa, African heritage who practice either Christianity or syncretisms of Christian and Traditional African religion. There is a significant minority of people, primarily tribes of Arab heritage, who practice Islam. Most tribes of African heritage have at least one clan that has embraced Islam, and some clans of tribes of Arab heritage have embraced Christianity. Linguistic diversity is much greater in the southern half of the country, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Episcopal Church Of Sudan
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Most are members of national or regional Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, one of the largest Christian bodies in the world, and the world's third-largest Christian communion. When united and uniting churches, united churches in the Anglican Communion and the breakaway Continuing Anglican movement were not counted, there were an estimated 97.4 million Anglicans worldwide in 2020. Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The provinces within the Anglican Communion are in full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
